I’ve enjoyed being a columnist over at LitReactor, but I felt like I wasn’t making enough inflammatory remarks to really earn the title. So what did I do? I widened my aim. Normally, I focus on topics about books and writing, no surprise, but this time I said things with the potential to offend writers and gamers.

The result is 5 Video Games that Would Have Made Better Novels. In other words, I chose games that were disappointing or underwhelming as games, but had narrative potential that coul...